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PET/CT of a brodie abscess.
Journal article

PET/CT of a brodie abscess.

  • Strobel K Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. klaus.strobel@usz.ch
  • Hany TF
  • Exner GU
  • 2006-03-22
Published in:
  • Clinical nuclear medicine. - 2006
Abscess
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Knee Joint
Male
Osteomyelitis
Radiopharmaceuticals
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
English Brodie abscess is a rare, localized type of subacute or chronic pyogenic osteomyelitis, usually of staphylococcal origin. Imaging with standard radiographs, bone scintigraphy, and MRI has been described in the literature. We present the case of a 28-year-old patient with pain in the right knee. Whole-body FDG-PET/CT scan showed a solitary FDG-active (SUV max 5.2) intracortical lesion in the meta-/epiphysis of the proximal tibia. CT demonstrated a sclerotic rim around the lesion. A Brodie abscess was considered a possible diagnosis. Multifocality could be excluded. CT-guided transosseous biopsy and curettage was performed and the diagnosis of a Brodie abscess was confirmed.
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  • English
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https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/210759
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